Aug. 15, 2013

Written by

Brian Wilson

The Tennessean

A Brentwood-based health-care company has started to notify some of its patients whose private health information may have been compromised.

Foundations Recovery Network, which operates several treatment facilities for individuals with addiction or mental health issues, announced in a statement Thursday evening that a company laptop had been stolen containing the password-protected information of a select number of patients in June.

While the company said it disabled the laptop before any unauthorized user could gain access to the information, it is still informing patients who the company believes could have been affected and offering them free credit-checking services. FRN believes no information actually was taken from the laptop.

During the process, the company also incorrectly notified patients who were not affected by the situation after a vendor mixed up the names and addresses of several patients.

The company has hired an investigator to try to track down the stolen laptop so it can be determined whether any data was stolen.